Date yet unknown for resumption of air traffic, public transportation
The suspension of flights has been extended in Georgia through May 22, 2020, said the Georgian Civil Aviation Agency on April 22. Photo: TAV Georgia.
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The date when restrictions on air traffic and public transport services will be removed remains unknown as it depends on the epidemiological situation in the country, noted Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia earlier today.
The suspension of flights has been extended in Georgia through May 22, 2020, said the Georgian Civil Aviation Agency on April 22.
All public transport, including the metro, were suspended since May 31.
The Georgian government has presented a plan earlier today to gradually open the economy step-by-step over the next three months.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has outlined six phases today designed to slowly get businesses up and running again, while also monitoring the coronavirus pandemic situation in the country.
Georgia will spend 3.5 billion ($1.10 bln/€1.02 bln) on its coronavirus anti-crisis plan, Gakharia announced earlier today.
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Gakharia has also announced today how the government intends to help businesses and agriculture during the COVID-19 crisis.
Click to see Government's anti-crisis economy plan in details.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has announced a nationwide curfew starting tomorrow at 8 a.m, ‘to effectively contain the spread of coronavirus in Georgia’. Speaking at a special briefing earlier today, Gakharia said that the government has made ‘fast, brave and effective’ decisions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, that is why the country has only had 100 confirmed cases of the virus since February 2020, including 18 recovered.
The Georgian government has suspended public intercity transport in Georgia today. The restriction does not apply to private vehicles.
Georgian diplomatic representations have provided support for 12,636 Georgian citizens abroad, while 7,600 others have been brought home to Georgia amid the coronavirus pandemic as of April 23 via charter flights or other measures taken by the Georgian government.
The suspension of flights has been extended in Georgia through May 22, 2020, says the Georgian Civil Aviation Agency. Air companies which operate in Georgia have already been informed about the extension.
Georgia has reported 25 new cases of coronavirus increasing the total number of cases to 456. The medical director of Tbilisi Infectious Disease Hospital Marina Ezugbaia told journalists that the high number of new cases was the result of ‘aggressive testing’ which was carried out throughout the country yesterday.